altissimo

1. 1.

   very high

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Questions about altissimo

What does altissimo mean?

altissimo means "very high".

How many syllables are in altissimo?

altissimo has 4 syllables and divides as al-tis-si-mo under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is altissimo a common word?

altissimo is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.